Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in the EU under the Temporary Protection Directive

Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in the EU under the Temporary Protection Directive Gender-based violence Women fleeing the war: Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in the EU under the Temporary Protection Directive European Institute for Gender Equality Women fleeing the war: Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in the EU under the Temporary Protection Directive Europ. [...] The objective is to assess Previous studies have found that women and the accessibility, availability, acceptability and girls are exposed to conflict-related sexual vio- quality of the following specialised SRH services lence (CRSV) at every stage of their journey, in the which are essential in the clinical management of territories of conflict, in the transitioning stages sexual violence: of dis. [...] This obliges states to The EU considers violence against women and ensure that women and girls can make decisions girls a breach of one of its key values (6) – equality concerning the sphere of sexuality and reproduc- between women and men – and a violation of tion in an atmosphere free from discrimination, several of the rights enshrined in the Charter of coercion and violence. [...] It also allowed human Fundamental Rights of the European Union, such rights bodies and institutions to further define as the right to human dignity (Article 1), the right states’ obligations in this area and note that sex- to life (Article 2), the right to the integrity of the ual and reproductive rights of women cover, inter person (Article 3), the prohibition of torture and alia, the right to li. [...] Moreover, Article 35 of the Charter of Fun- European Parliament adopted the resolution of damental Rights of the European Union – which 24 June 2021 about sexual and reproductive ensures the right of access to preventive health- health and rights in the EU, in the frame of care and the right to benefit from medical treat- women’s health (2020/2215/(INI)) and called for ments under the conditions e.